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ATHERTON, CA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city ATHERTON, CA sum to $124,905,584 across 64,211 contributions. Atherton’s book is a high average on a modest line count, which is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a wealth ranking. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • ATHERTON, CA FEC itemizations total $124,905,584 across 64,211 contributions.
  • The mean line is about $1,945; 64,211 is a line count, not unique donors.
  • City is the contributor-city field on FEC itemizations.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

$124,905,584 is a Schedule A city total

FEC.gov indexed 64,211 itemized rows to contributor city ATHERTON, CA. Their sum is $124,905,584. The mean near $1,945 describes the average row, not a household and not a census tract.

San Mateo County’s Atherton is a small Peninsula municipality on the tape. Size of the town is not in this packet. The 64,211-line count is a contribution-line total. It is not a headcount of Atherton residents. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

Atherton versus Menlo Park is a different-key problem, not a suburb ranking. Woodside and Redwood City follow the same rule. Quote $124,905,584 and 64,211 for ATHERTON, CA only. The mean near $1,945 does not travel with a neighbor’s name.

How to read the CA city key for Atherton

City-name spelling is part of the key. ATHERTON with state CA is the unit. A close spelling, a neighborhood abbreviation, or a merged metro label is a different aggregate if FEC stored it differently.

Independent expenditures that mention a Atherton race can be paid by a committee with a different city on its own reports. Those disbursements do not move $124,905,584. Keep independent-expenditure tables separate from this city total.

Full analysis: ATHERTON, CA: $124.9M on 64,211 FEC receipts

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to Atherton, CA?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city ATHERTON, CA total $124,905,584 across 64,211 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Atherton. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
How many FEC contributions are tagged to Atherton?
LobbyVault counts 64,211 itemized contributions for ATHERTON, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 64,211 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $124,905,584.
Does the Atherton total include only residents?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed ATHERTON with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list Atherton can be part of $124,905,584 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 64,211-line count follows the same rule.
Where does LobbyVault get Atherton totals?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $124,905,584 and 64,211 lines for ATHERTON, CA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from CA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $1,945 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties →

Total Donations

$124,905,584

Contributions

64,211

Top Industry

RETIRED

Top Industries

RETIRED
$23K
SUTTER HILL BENTURES
$17K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
INVESTOR
$11K
HOUSE WIFE
$7K
HOUSEWIFE
$5K
DURA-VENT CORP
$5K
REQUESTED
$5K
REAL ESTATE
$3K
UNEMPLOYED
$3K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$149K
1982
$91K
1984
$84K
1986
$67K
1988
$89K
1990
$54K
1992
$210K
1994
$66K
1996
$164K
1998
$125K
2000
$81K
2002
$44K
2004
$128K
2006
$124K
2008
$184K
2010
$85K
2012
$200K
2014
$69K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ATHERTON, CA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1DRAPER, WILLIAM H III$17,3005SUTTER HILL BENTURES1980
2KENDRICK, MARRON$11,05014RETIRED1980
3LARSON, PHILLIP G$6,5003INVESTOR1980
4DRAPER, PHYLLIS C MRS$6,0002HOMEMAKER1980
5DRISCOLL, RUDOLPH W$3,8207REQUESTED1980
6MOLDAW, STUART$3,0005CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER1980
7CARTAN, HENRY MRS$3,0004UNEMPLOYED1980
8BOUSKOS, MICHAEL$3,0003RETIRED1980
9MC INTYRE, W W$2,5003INVESTOR1980
10BISSELL, GEORGE K MR$2,5001DURA-VENT CORP1980
11BISSELL, GEORGE K MRS$2,5001DURA-VENT CORP1980
12HELLER, EDWARD H MRS$2,25031980
13LANE, M B$2,0505LANE PUBLICATION CO1980
14MOLDAW, PHYLLIS$2,0002HOMEMAKER1980
15MOLDAW, STUART MR$2,0003SELF-EMPLOYED1980
16MC INTYRE, HENRY L$2,0002POPULATION RESOURCE CENTER1980
17EVANS, G ROBERT$1,7752ARCATA NATIONAL1980
18MOORMAN, ALBERT J$1,7503HOUSE WIFE1980
19KALMANSON, GEOFFREY G$1,50021980
20FUNKHOUSER, L W MR$1,5002VICE PRES, STANDARD OIL OF CA1980
21GREEN, FRANCES D$1,5002HOUSEWIFE1980
22CARTAN, BARBARA$1,5003HOUSE WIFE1980
23HOCKEY, ROBERT W$1,2002REAL ESTATE1980
24HULL, CORDELL W$1,0852BECHTEL POWER CORP1980
25COOPER, ROBERT S$1,0001COOPER AND CLARK1980
26DITZ, ANN G$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
27GRAVELLE, CHARLES$1,0001GHI INC1980
28EDWARDS, WILLIAM L$1,0002STANFORD UNIVERSITY1980
29HULL, CORDELL$1,00011980
30DITZ, JOHN A$1,0002FOREMOST MC KESSON INC1980
31DORIN, SUSAN MOLDAW MS$1,00011980
32HAVARD, EDWARD MD$1,0001MENLO MEDICAL CLINIC1980
33HELLER, ELEANOR$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
34HELLER, ELENOR R$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
35KNAPP, JAMES GORDON$1,0001GENERAL CONTRACTOR PRES1980
36COOPER, MARGARET H$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
37GLOCKNER, ROBERT F$1,0001PARTITION SPECIALTIES, INC1980
38CONNOLLY, WALLACE E MR$1,0002CONNOLLY & CO INC1980
39MUCHMORE, R W MRS$1,0001BUS CO1980
40MC INTYRE, W W MR$1,00011980
41MCINTYRE, W W$1,00011980
42CARLSON, LOWELL H$1,0001LYCLOTRON CORP1980
43CALLAM, MICHAEL C$1,0001REAL ESTATE1980
44HALPERIN, ROBERT M$1,0001RAYCHEM CORP1980
45BRINKMAN, FRED J MR$1,0001ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO1980
46BRADY, HERBERT H DR$1,0001DENTIST1980
47BOUSKOS, FRANCES$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
48EDWARDS, KATHY R$1,00011980
49BEIM, ROBERT B MR$1,0002BEIM & JAMES1980
50KEMPER, R L MR$1,0001WELLS FARGO BANK1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from ATHERTON, CA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$206,784
2REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$190,500
3DCCCC00000935$186,549
4DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000254$152,000
5HOUSE MAJORITY TRUSTC00480061$150,000
6TEAM RYANC00545947$101,000
7ACTBLUEC00401224$95,173
8OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$74,856
9WINREDC00694323$65,027
10PEOPLE FOR PINELLASC00582239$50,000
11OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$44,340
12ANNA ESHOO FOR CONGRESSC00258475$34,300
13TARGETED STATE VICTORYC00566513$30,000
14HMPC00495028$29,001
15REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$28,050